James McGonigal

In 1962, at the age of 42, the poet Edwin Morgan ‘finally “broke away” from his parents’, leaving his family home at 12 Albert Drive, Burnside, Rutherglen to move into a newly built flat’ in Glasgow’s West End. This new property… Read More ›

For over 60 years Edwin Morgan had an academic connection with the University of Glasgow, first as a student, then as a member of staff, and then later still as a Professorial Research Fellow; our blog today focuses on MS… Read More ›

Continuing our blog posts highlighting gems from the papers of poet Edwin Morgan (1920-2010), we turn our attention to a file of more personal correspondence. Within the Morgan papers there are two large series of correspondence: MS Morgan T, which… Read More ›

The new foyer display in Special Collections explores the ‘concrete poetry’ movement of the 1950s and 1960s through the papers of Edwin Morgan (1920-2010). His correspondents included Dom Silvester Houédard (1924-1992), Benedictine priest, theologian and noted concrete poet, who was… Read More ›

To mark the 8th anniversary of the death of Ian Hamilton Finlay on 27th March 2006, this month our series of blogs highlighting gems from MS Morgan D – Correspondence: Named individuals focuses on Edwin Morgan’s correspondence with Finlay during… Read More ›

This month’s blog from our series highlighting gems from MS Morgan D – Correspondence: Named individuals features Edwin Morgan’s file of correspondence with the Scottish poet and playwright Joan Ure, and illustrates Eddie’s role as cultural commentator on the Scottish… Read More ›

Alexander Trocchi was a Scottish author, publisher and activist, born in Glasgow to Annie and Alfredo Luigi Trocchi on 30th July 1925. He attended the University of Glasgow from 1942-1943 and from 1946-1950, serving in the Royal Navy on the… Read More ›